Shohei Ohtani 47th Home Run Game Used MLB Baseball from Historic 2024 50 HR/50 SB Season

Caught In-Stadium by Jack Paseka (Letter Provided),

Sold to Private Collector

Presented is the 47th home run baseball of Shohei Ohtani’s historic 2024 50 HR/50 SB season. 

On September 11, 2024 in the bottom of the first inning against the Chicago Cubs, Shohei Ohtani launched a 1-2 pitch from starting pitcher Jordan Wicks into the right-center “Home Run Seats” area at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

This wasn’t just any home run, it marked a new career high for Ohtani in single-season home runs, a milestone moment for the Japanese born superstar. The blast brought him one step closer to making history as the first player in Major League Baseball to record 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season. 

This baseball represents not only a historic milestone in Shohei Ohtani’s career but also a landmark moment in Major League Baseball, marking his pursuit to become the first player to join the 50/50 club.

Just over a week later on September 19, 2024 in a 20-4 rout over the Miami Marlins, Ohtani blasted his 50th home run and stole his 50th base of the season, becoming the founding member of the 50/50 club. 

This lot includes a Letter of Provenance from the owner of the baseball, Certificate of Authenticity from J.T. Sports, Letter of Authenticity from Sports Investors Authentication, and photomatch letter from Sports Investors Authentication in regards to the images provided by the owner of the baseball from the game in which he attended. 

Going Deeper - Shohei Ohtani

Some athletes are great, some push the game to new heights, and some are Shohei Ohtani.

How do you find a worthy comparison for someone who can simultaneously sit at the top of a team’s rotation and lead the league in slugging? How about trying to value someone who can steal 50 bases and hit 50 homers, yet also come in as the closer in the most important game in his country’s history? Ohtani’s inexplicable prowess on the diamond generates far more questions than answers, and by the time you think you understand him he has redefined the game once again.

Ohtani came into 2024 a two-time MVP, three-time All-Star, and two-time Silver Slugger, yet it was his most jaw-dropping season yet. In December 2023, he signed, what was at the time, the largest contract in sports history, a staggering $700 million deal, to move from Orange County to Los Angeles and don the Dodger blue. “Shotime” lived up to the hype and came out the gates firing for the Dodgers as he hit the longest home run of the first half of the MLB season measured at 476 feet and was named a starter for the NL All-Star team. As you would expect, he met the opportunity head on and blasted a 400-foot three-run homer to open the scoring at the midsummer classic. Despite recovering from Tommy John surgery throughout the season, Ohtani still managed to add another MVP, Silver Slugger, and most importantly a World Series ring to his trophy cabinet. Add to that founding the 50/50 club and setting a career-high with 54 home runs and 130 RBIs while also more than doubling his career-high in steals with 59, and you have baseball fans around the world marveling at witnessing perhaps the best to ever play the game.

With playoff baseball quickly approaching, look for Ohtani and the Dodgers to make a statement as they aim to repeat as World Series champions.